{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Albian|Albian|Albian}} | image = Gasteropods - Ammonites - Desmoceras sp..JPG | image_caption = ''Desmoceras'' sp. – Lower Cretaceous (Albian) from Mahajanga, Madagascar | taxon = Desmoceras | authority = Zittel, 1884 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | synonyms = }}
'''''Desmoceras''''' is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Desmoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Early Cretaceous; Albian epoch.
== Species == * ''Desmoceras alamoense'' * ''Desmoceras argonauticum'' * ''Desmoceras austeni'' * ''Desmoceras barryae'' * ''Desmoceras chimuense'' * ''Desmoceras ezoanum'' * ''Desmoceras inane'' * ''Desmoceras latidorsatum'' * ''Desmoceras pseudinane'' * ''Desmoceras pseudouhligella'' * ''Desmoceras uhligella''
==Distribution== Cretaceous of Angola, Antarctica, Australia, Canada, Colombia (Hiló Formation),<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=67370 ''Desmoceras latidorsatum''] - Fossilworks</ref> Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Madagascar (Mahajanga Province), Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.
==Gallery== <gallery widths="240" heights="180"> File: Ammonitida - Desmoceras latidorsatum, Salzburg, Haus der Natur.jpg|''Desmoceras latidorsatum''. Salzburg, Haus der Natur File:Desmoceras carolense (fossil ammonite) (Darwin Mbr., Bathurst Island Fm., u.E.Cret.; Pt. Charles, W of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia) (49075136796).jpg |''Desmoceras carolense'', Bathurst Island, Australia Аммонитмузей.jpg|''Desmoceras sp.'', Lower Cretaceous (Aptian). Russia, Goryachy Klyuch, The Museum of I. D. Popko </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda] * [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14762 Paleobiology Database]
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Category:Ammonitida genera Category:Desmoceratidae Category:Cretaceous ammonites Category:Albian life Category:Early Cretaceous ammonites of North America Category:Ammonites of South America Category:Cretaceous Colombia Category:Albian genus extinctions
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